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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:24 am

our last scheduled day at Medina Lake for this winter has arrived .... as such, packing up begins .... by tonight we hope all that will be left to take care of in the morning will be disconnecting our utilities, hooking up and pulling out .... with the temp in the morning projected to be in the mid to upper 40's, we don't want to spend any more time than we have to getting on the road .... rain is projected to move into Columbus, TX tomorrow night .... rain is in the forecast for 9 of the first 14 days we are there .. :roll:
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:36 pm

today's drive went well .... one minor backup on I-10 cost us about 10 minutes .... with the speed limit set at 75 for most of the part we traveled and us running our normal cruising speed of 64 mph, we actually did pas a few other vehicles .... yep, not many to be sure .... while we are setup but can't say we are settled in at Thousand Trails Colorado River Campground .... the facilities here aren't up to the task of meeting the needs of a high percentage of the transient members who visit here .... storms have literally washed out a good number of the river front sites .... a lack of 50 amp sites along with a large number of water and electric only sites are a long standing problem .... all of the full service sites are taken, an inordinately number by long term rentals .... the site shown below is has water and electricity, no sewer connection .... no way I'd want to stay here for the 3 weeks we have booked .... doing so would require us to haul the camper to dump the tanks many more times than I am willing to put up with .... we are on a list to move when a full service site comes open .... just how long we will be here has yet to be determined
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:19 pm

to put it mildly, its been an ugly weather day ..... according to the weather radar, there isn't a cloud anywhere near this part of Texas .... the reality is, its been a cold day with light wind and a steady, heavy mist falling all day .... tomorrow is supposed to be much better, clear sky with the temp in the mid to upper 60's ..... we've pretty much spent the day resting, watching TV and messing around with our computers ....
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by Mags » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:38 pm

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The IR rainbow view from earlier today shows rain passing through. Always good to have a messing around rest day. :D
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JEBar wrote:to put it mildly, its been an ugly weather day ..... according to the weather radar, there isn't a cloud anywhere near this part of Texas .... the reality is, its been a cold day with light wind and a steady, heavy mist falling all day .... tomorrow is supposed to be much better, clear sky with the temp in the mid to upper 60's ..... we've pretty much spent the day resting, watching TV and messing around with our computers ....
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:57 pm

24 hrs later, its a cool but beautifully clear in the neighborhood .. :) .. the good news of the morning is, we've been told that a 50 amp, full hookup site should become available in the morning and we will be able to move our camper .... the not so good news is, thunder storms are in the forecast for time tomorrow morning that we would most likely be moving .. :roll:. .. bit of a look back >> during the three weeks we camped at Medina Lake, we put 385.4 miles on our truck .... not surprising with the fact that it was 27+ miles, one way, from our campground to any significant shopping (including having our truck fixed) .... our drive from Medina to our current campground took us 4 hrs to cover 195.5 miles .... if things go as scheduled we will be here until March 11th when we return to Lake Conroe .... this year's trip is just over half in the books .... not everything has gone smoothly but all in all we are having a good trip .. 8-)
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:15 pm

as noted earlier, it was cool this morning .... delighted to say it warmed up in the afternoon .... along with the more comfortable temp, a most welcome call from the campground office came about 4:30PM informing us that a 50 amp, full hookup site had opened up and was ours if we wanted it .... I got into the truck, drove down to the site, took one look and called my wife asking her to relay a message telling them we would be moving .... 30 some minutes later we were moved to the site shown below .... its a nice site, one that might end up being our best at a Thousand Trails Campground this winter .... we hope to get our awning carpet our and our Port-A-Deck put up in the morning .... from the looks of this site, I tend to believe it will have some drainage issues but all in all, we really like .... a fairly large site, a 95 strength satellite signal from our camper's roof mounted dome dish, good water/sewer/electric service, bordering a large field where deer often feed, and a few feet away from the Colorado River .... yep, unless that river floods, we should be settled until March 11th
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:09 pm

another 180 degree turn in the weather .... highly overcast, the type of mist falling that doesn't take long to soak you, 52 degrees, noticeable breeze .... in short, when being out in it, it doesn't take long for a chill to set in .... the grass is soaked, wet sand quickly cakes up on shoes .... late tonight they say thunderstorms will move in after midnight and hang around through much of Saturday morning .... at least the temps are forecasted to bounce back into the upper 60's / low 70's .... we did take the time to setup our deck, put up the flag and hookup our dusk to dawn area and flag lights .... about all that remains is to setup our outdoor grill and stove .... looking at the forecast, we should be able to get that taken care of in a few days
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:26 pm

when we got up this morning the forecast included a 10% chance of rain for our area .... well, all 10% fell steadily for the next 6 hours .. :roll: .. just checked and right now the chance of rain is 40%, yep, you guessed it .... its stopped raining .... earlier today we drove over to Columbus .... did find a car wash with a bay big enough for our truck .... shopped at HEB were we also picked up a roll of quarters .... stopped by the Columbus to pick up two items we had shipped to General Delivery by Amazon .... we've been doing this for decades with no issues .... today Maureen was informed that from here on out, to pick up UPS or FedEx packages we will have to pay what it would have cost us to ship them through USPS .. :shock: .. the way they made it sound, this change is going to take place nation wide .... for us, this will complicate having stuff shipped to us while we are in Texas .... shouldn't have any affect on while we are in South Dakota .... our current campground is a large one .... picture 1 was taken driving down to the lower camping area .... in it our camper can be seen in the center of the picture parked just to the left of the bathhouse .... picture 2 was taken from much closer to the camper .... pictures 3 - 5 were taken standing our our portable deck looking back at the our first site .... in the last picture we were parked in the site now occupied by the white motor home on the right
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:36 pm

another first for this trip .. :D .. the temp has risen and last night was the first for which we needed to run the camper's AC's .... the forecasted high for today 81 with it being in the 70's for each day between now and when we are due to pull out on Monday .... of course, they are also calling for an 80% chance of thunderstorms during the time we should be pulling out on Monday morning .. :roll: .. hope that isn't the case but if it is, it won't be the first time
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Re: 2019 Winter in Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:32 pm

a chance of thunderstorms remains in the forecast .... thankfully, not so much as a clap of thunder was heard today .... this morning we drove a little over 5 miles to Columbus .... after picking up a few things, we stopped by the Colorado County Oil Company ===> http://coloradocountyoil.com/home ..... they are the major fuel distributor for this part of the country .... they have the freshest diesel and only sell pure #2, NO BIO .... knowing that we were going to be here before going back to Lake Conroe, I've only added the fuel necessary to get to our next location .... in short we haven't filled the truck's tanks in over 2,000 miles .... over that distance she averaged 9.2 mpg .... as noted above, it was really a nice day in the neighborhood .... the forecast for the next couple of days also looks good .... tomorrow packing up for Monday's drive Conroe begins
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